An analysis of the status of womens rights today

The call coincided with the release of the Situational Analysis Sitan on the Status of Women's and Children's Rights in Zimbabwe that showed that their access to basic social services and social protection remains limited. Click on the Full Report link to access the report. Although the report acknowledges that progress has been made to improve the lives of women and children in Zimbabwe, it notes that reduced access to basic social services, lack of social protection mechanisms, Gender Based Violence GBV and child abuse are major impediments for women and children's development.

High Commissioner for Human Rights, said. Ban Ki-moon also described the treaty as one of the most successful human rights treaties everaccording to IPS.

In many countries, women are not entitled to own property or inherit land. Social exclusion, honor killings, female genital mutilation, trafficking, restricted mobility and early marriage among others, deny the right to health to women and girls and increase illness and death throughout the life-course.

We will not see sustainable progress unless we fix failures in health systems and society so that girls and women enjoy equal access to health information and services, education, employment and political positions.

Unfortunately, trends are moving in the other direction. Inter Press Service notes that progress is mixed: When it comes to female education rates, progress has been made around the world, and in many countries girls and young women have outnumbered and outperformed boys and men at all levels of schooling for decades.

Nevertheless, these advances have yet to translate into greater equity in employment, politics and social relations. In some patriarchal societies, religion or tradition can be used as a barrier for equal rights.

For example, as Inter Press Service reported, the Bangladesh government tried to hide behind laws to deny women equal rights. In Pakistan for example, honor killings directed at women have been carried for even the slightest reasons.

There are many governments who have also not ratified the Convention, including the U. Many countries that have ratified it do so with many reservations. Despite the almost universal ratification of the Convention second only to the Convention on the Rights of the Childa number of countries have still not signed or ratified it.

The handful of remaining countries are: To see the US on this list may seem surprising to most, and Human Rights Watch is critical of the delay in getting a ratification, noting that this treaty has been in limbo in the U.

It was sent it to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for a vote in The first hearing on it was 10 years later. After a vote mostly in favor for it by the Foreign Relations Committee insome conservative senators blocked a US Senate vote on it.

In the Foreign Relations Committee again voted that the treaty should be ratified, but the th Congress ended, so it requires a vote again in favor of sending the treaty to the full Senate for ratification!

However, as Amnesty International USA further argues not only would ratification for the US be straight forward for US laws in this area are already consistent with the CEDAW treatybut it would also help to increase their credibility when raising these issues worldwide.

Links to other sites on this page document more thoroughly the actual instances, cases and situations around the world.UN Women is the global champion for gender equality, working to develop and uphold standards and create an environment in which every woman and girl can exercise her human rights and live up to her full potential.

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Stay Informed. Get the latest IWPR Status of Women in the States research and updates delivered to your inbox. Women’s rights around the world is an important indicator to understand global well-being. A major global women’s rights treaty was ratified by the majority of the world’s nations a few decades ago.

Women’s Rights Should all women be equal to their status, opportunities and rights? Every woman should have the ability to express their freedoms and rights, deserve equal treatment within their society and region, and every country needs to reinforce the rules for women.